Wichita eagle., 1887-12-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.

The proceedings of the convention were
varied in the afternoon by drive of the
members of Presbytery and delegates over
the city. Primarily, the object was the
selection of a site for new United Pres
byterian church. The secondary object
was to give the members of the delegation
an opportunity of seeing the sights OF
Wichita. Fully two hours were occupied
and every one returned fully conscious of
the fact that Wichita is no mean city.
Three conveyances were provided by prom
inent members of the church and others
in the city, and the whole delegation will
return TO their homes carrying with them
hearty recollections Of the hospitality of
the good people Of Wichita
In the evening the convention met at S
O'Clock and DR.. White preached from the
text End Cor. 5-21: For he hath made
him who knew no sin to be sin for u.s. that
we might be made the Righteousness of
God in him.
In this we have a complete summary of
gospel truth. According to the teaching
of the bible, the sinner is to be reconciled
to God, never God TO the sinner. When
the rebel states rose in rebellion against
the government, very gladly would they
have had the government reconciled to
them: but no, they had to come back TO
their allegiance to the government. So it
is with the sinner. Reconciliation must
come from him, and not from God. Pro
pitiation is Gods prerogative and he hath
made him Christ who know no sin TO be
sin for Us, who knew no righteousness
that we might be made the righteousness
of God in him. But what is meant
by Gods making Jesus sin ?
Some commentators say the world
should be rendered a sin Offering. But
God could not make his son sin Offering
until he is made sins, or until he represents
the sinner under the wrath and curse of
God, and then he IS made a sin Offering.
In what sense did God make Jesus sin?
By imputation. He was wounded for our
transgressions but the Lord hath laid on
him the iniquity Of sale. Paul says He
was delivered for our offenses" SO that
he is made sin by imputation. He is treat
ed as the sinners substitute, and this IS
enough to make him sin in the sense Of
the text. God had appointed that Christ
should be the sinners substitute and when
you come to analyZe the sinners charac-
ter you find him nothing else but sin, and
so it was competent that Christ should be
made sin in the sinners room
when he became his representative
Then the sinner is made righteous, or the
righteousness of God in him when God is
pleased to look upon him as righteous for
his sons righteousness sake, The righte-
BUSINESS OF the text is a justifying righte-
BUSINESS. The old prophets David, Daniel,
Jeremiah were conversant with this right
eOusness, and Paul was cOnyersant with
this righteousness when he tell US we are
made the Righteousness Of God in him.
1t IS when we are brought into personal
oneness with Christ that we possess this
Righteousness before God. We are made
righteous before God just in the same way
Christ is made sin for US and in the same
sense. 1t is all by imputation. Sin
is imputed to Christ and rghte-
BUSINESS IS imputed to the sinner
1t goes upon record for him,
This is the doctrine of the text. God i'm
putes sin to Christ, and the righteousness
of Christ to the poor, penitent sinner
Here we have the whole theory of the Cos
pei of the grace Of God, the science Of re-
demption. Christ carries the guilt of the
sinner before the bar OF justice. and being
the guilty one he also carries the condem-
nation, and wherever there is condemna-
tion there is penalty, and hence the cross
of Christ. There he bore the curse Of the
law. the penalty of our sins. On the other
hand everything incident to a personal
comes over TO the sinner.
His guilt is taken away. The righteous
ness Of Gods son is set down to the sinner
and this carries with it the removal of guilt.
Then where there is no guilt there can be
no condemnation and where there is no
there can be no penalty,
and here is where the sinner gets his title
to eternal life. But we get more that this.
We get Christian civilization, and all the
peace, and hope and JOY we poor sinners
possess. What wonder all this con secra-
ton to the masters Use. What wonder
this simple faith. What wonder good peo-
PIE are bringing themselves together TO
gather sinners into the church Of God,
What wonder these things when Jesus
has done so much for US. But there may
be some poor sinner who has never made
this exchange righteousness for guilt
who is still going on to death and judg-
ment without this Righteousness. To such
Jesus says, I'll take your guilt; I'll take
your condemnation and I'll ask you to
take my righteousness, freedom from con- /
and the penalty resting upon
you for your sin.
\ vote of thanks was passed to the I
Plymouth church for the use OF the church /
building for the conventions; and to the .
people of Wichita for their hospitality. /
The proceedings of the convention then /